MILITARY PERSONNEL

Tōdō Takatora

1556 - 1630

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Tōdō Takatora (藤堂 高虎; February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630) was a Japanese daimyō of the Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a daimyō. During his lifetime he changed his feudal master seven times and worked for ten people, but in the end he rendered loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became his last master. Tōdō Takatora is famous for excellence in castle design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tōdō Takatora is the 1,151st most popular military personnel (down from 991st in 2019), the 850th most popular biography from Japan (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tōdō Takatora ranks 1,151 out of 2,058. Before him are Yitzhak Hofi, Nicolas Luckner, Piet Cronjé, Hans Cramer, Ludwig Kübler, and Günther Lützow. After him are Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Alexander von Linsingen, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Walter Krupinski, and Johanna Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Tōdō Takatora ranks 12. Before him are Paul Bril, Otto van Veen, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jeanne de Lestonnac, and Jerzy Radziwiłł. After him are Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Philipp Nicolai, Isaac Oliver, and George Peele. Among people deceased in 1630, Tōdō Takatora ranks 16. Before him are Gioachino Greco, Esaias van de Velde, Akile Hatun, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Yamada Nagamasa, and Johann Liss. After him are Antonio Tempesta, Salamone Rossi, Daniele Crespi, Alessandro Grandi, and Johann Schreck.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tōdō Takatora ranks 850 out of 6,245. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Goro Yamada (1894), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Katō Takaaki (1860), and Inoue Kaoru (1836). After him are Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Eiko Ishioka (1938), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Ichiji Otani (1912), and Haruhisa Hasegawa (1957).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tōdō Takatora ranks 66. Before him are Nakano Takeko (1847), Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Matome Ugaki (1890), and Isamu Chō (1895). After him are Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), Kodama Gentarō (1852), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Jirō Minami (1874), and Arima Harunobu (1567).

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